Willie Jolley CSP, CPAE

Willie Jolley's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Willie Jolley is America' s premier celebrity speaker, singer and author... inspiring millions with music and motivation! Willie Jolley is truly a renaissance man; an award winning speaker, singer, best selling author, national media personality and national columnist... all in one!

In 1999 Willie Jolley was named “One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World” by Toastmasters International. Less than 50 speakers worldwide have achieved this distiction. Former winners include Nelson Mandela, Christopher Reeve, Margaret Thatcher and Colin Powell. In the same year, Toastmasters also named him the "Motivational/Inspirational Speaker Of The Year."

Willie Jolley is the author of two international best selling books, It Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life! and A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback. His books have been translated into eight languages. Willie Jolley is also co-author of the book, Only The Best on Success, featuring bestselling motivational authors Keith Harrell, Mark Sanborn and host of the reality show Big Spender, Larry Winget. As a co-author of Go M.A.D. (Go Make A Difference), a best selling book for youth - Willie Jolley teaches life skills and encourages academic excellence. Willey Jolley is also a contributor to national bestseller Chicken Soup For The Christian Soul 2.

Willie Jolley holds the two top designations that the National Speakers Associations bestows only upon the best of the best. The first designation is the CPAE / Speaker Hall of Fame Award; a lifetime recognition for speaking excellence and professionalism. In winning this award, Willie Jolley joins luminaries including Ronald Reagan, Zig Ziglar, Harvey McKay and Les Brown. The other designation is the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation, which honors a speaker who has made their mark on the speaking industry by presenting to a wide range of groups and audiences. In 2003, the McDonald’s Corporation named Willie Jolley “A Black History Maker of Today.”

More About Willie Jolley . . .
Willie Jolley is an award winning singer. He is a five-time Washington Area Music Association (WAMMIE) Award Winning singer for “Best Jazz Singer” and “Best Entertainer”. His CD was the number one downloaded Motivational Music on the Apple iTunes site and is a top seller in stores across America.

As host of the national radio program, The Willie Jolley Weekend Show on XM Radio, Willie Jolley is making a major mark on the talk radio scene.  His syndicated daily feature, The Willie Jolley Motivational Minute, can now be heard in over 50 markets, nationally. In addition, his syndicated column is read by over 6 million readers via the internet. Willey Jolley has also appeared on television with his ground breaking PBS special for teens Dare 2 Dream, Dare 2 Win.

Willie Jolley regularly speaks for America’s top corporations and organizations. His clients include: Ford, GM, Dell, Wal-Mart, Verizon, Marriott, DuPont, Nabisco, Chevron, Dominos Pizza, Bell South, McDonald’s, Chase Manhattan, Allstate Insurance, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Sprint, Borders Books, Prudential of Australia, The American Society of Association Executives and US Army, Navy and Marines. Willie Jolley's high-impact programs are content-rich, motivational, inspirational and entertaining.

• How To Be Unstoppable!
  

  Willie Jolley shares his strategies on leadership development and how leadership is an action not a position! Great leaders always focus on the possibilities rather than the challenges! They are willing to do what is necessary rather than what is comfortable! Leaders look to develop more leaders rather than more followers! If you are an association executive, sales professional, business executive, entrepreneur or manager, with this program you will experience renewed enthusiasm and push towards reaching and exceeding your goals! This program is designed to develop more leaders and to set them on a course for becoming unstoppable!

• Change Is Good...When Your Attitude is Great
  

  Change Happens! Life Happens! Stuff Happens! In this program, the audience buys into the positive perspectives of change! Change is essential to any growth process. While everybody wants progress, but nobody wants to change! Yet, progress always necessitates change; and change is the key to progress! Willie Jolley shares his "VDAD" (Vision, Decision, Action, Desire) Formula for successfully embracing change! You will leave this program viewing change as an ally - not an enemy! You will leave ready to implement the formula to drive positive change in your organization! You will leave believing that change "truly" is good when your attitude is great!

• Excellence.Is Still the Best Job Security!
  

  "The best way to build your future is to build yourself. And the best way to build your organization is to build your people." Willie Jolley With ongoing corporate downsizing and restructuring, people are painfully aware that job security is a thing of the past! Yet, there are specific attitudes that can be nourished and enhanced to ensure you're always in demand! Learn the strategies for staying employable and being an asset to every organization!

• 5 Simple Steps For 5 Star Success!
  

  Dell, Marriott, Wal-Mart, Sodexho, AllState Insurance, Federal Reserve Board, BlueCross BlueShield, the Marines, Raytheon, Chase Manhattan … they all have a secret! They all use Willie Jolley! In addition, each is relentless in the pursuit of their goals! Each of these organizations is successful and respected within and outside of their sectors. They each set benchmarks that others follow! What common threads weave these private, public and even non-profit operations together in success, other than Willie Jolley? What is their secret? Why do their operations meet and exceed their goals, year after year, while similar operations struggle to stay afloat in a sea of red ink? What is the secret to their success? "5 Simple Steps To 5 Star Success" is Willie Jolley's answer to the age-old question: "What secrets help "5 star" organizations create consistent success? What are they doing that we need to start doing - NOW?!" Willie Jolley's answers come from his work with leading decision makers, spanning more than a decade. In the professional development field, he has helped leaders get their people to believe they can triumph in the face of changing leadership, attitudes and market conditions! While working with "5 star" organizations (companies that grow their people, performance and profits - exponentially) Willie Jolley realized there were consistent, specific strategies (which he later came to call "simple steps") that always co-exist with "5 star" operations. They are called "simple steps" for they are available to all, but practiced poorly and inconsistently in the market place. These "simple steps" create "an incredible program that mixes leadership, change management, teambuilding and customer service... all into one program! This program had such a powerful impact that we had to bring Mr. Jolley back to Japan twice in the same year!" Carlos Saldana, US Marines Corps Community Service, Okinawa, Japan Why might this be important to your organization? Successful organizations know that in order to have consistent "5 star" success you must begin with "5 star" people. And Willie Jolley says, "If you cannot hire "5 star" people… then you must make them!" "5 star" organizations know the value of the "5 star" employee. Investing in the growth and the development of their people is an integral part of their culture! Growing their people helps them beat the competition; and this, of course, is excellent for their bottom line! Willie Jolley says, "the best way to grow your future is to grow yourself; and the best way to grow your organization is to grow your people!" An old saying is, "Happy cows give better milk"… so, motivated people are motivated employees, who give better service and have greater performance and productivity. They pass that enthusiasm on to their customers! Willie Jolley creates a program environment that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats; laughing one moment and in awe the next. Anxious for the next "simple step" they take notes and mob him after his presentations! "5 Simple Steps For 5 Star Success" is the program you need to solidify your "5 star" position in the market place! Now Wake Up! and consider the endless possibilities for your organization for the New Year! Psst…. by the way, Wake Up! is the first "simple step!"

• How To Stage A Stellar Comeback When Life, The Economy Or Your Competition Deals You A Setback!
  

  In this exclusive presentation, Willie Jolley shares techniques, ideas, principles and strategies on how to turn setbacks into comebacks. This program is based on his collection of stories, taken from his best selling book, A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback. Willie Jolley highlights what ordinary people did to comeback from overwhelming adversity. Furthermore, he He hexplains how to apply these principles to life's trials and tribulations to achieve success! While others may talk about turning setbacks into comebacks, Willie Jolley wrote the book! Do you view your setback as the "end" of the road or just a "bend in the road?" This program will inspire, inform, motivate and educate your attendees to use Willie Jolley's specific strategies to comeback from professional and personal challenges.

"Without a doubt, our best sales program yet! You helped drive the Internet sales force to another level of sales success even during a downturn economy. As was expected, you took them to another plateau and forced them to be all that they could be."

Eric Cevis. Vice President, Verizon - ISP Division

"Extraordinary! Simply Extraordinary! You spoke for our Team and helped us take our thinking to another level and had us on our feet, then spoke for a high school we adopted, and had them standing on their feet! Incredible!"

Ron LeGrand, Brand Manager, Nabisco

"Every so often you hear someone speak, and you find yourself saying, "I wish they would keep going!" Willie is that speaker. He talked about hearing a speaker when he was in high school that opened his eyes and inspired him. On that day the speaker said, there is someone out there that has the seeds of greatness in them, and Willie sat up and thought "I AM THAT ONE!" Willie then turned to us and said that WE had those same seeds, that same potential. I can promise you one thing; every single person in the audience last night thought, "I AM THAT ONE!" Well done, Willie Jolley... well done!"

---Michael Roby
Regional Vice President,
John Hancock Financial Services

"Willie Jolley Is Great! He provides any meeting professional with a partnership necessary to make a successful team and event. He is a master!"

--- Ed Griffin
President
Meeting Professionals International

"Willie Jolley will change your life!"

--- Gladys Knight
World-Renowned Singer